Automatic uncoupler



(No Model.)

W. R FUNK.

AUTOMATIC UNGOUPLER. No. 378,892. Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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WILSON R. FUNK, OF OLEVES, OHIO.

AUTOMATiC UNCOUPLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,392, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed June 25, 1887. Serial No. 242,471. K0 inorlehi To an whmn, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILsoN B. FUNK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloves, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Uncouplers; and I do declare the followingtobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an 1 automatic uncoupler for coal or other dumpcars attached to the ropes or cables of elevators or inclined planes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of the automatic uncouplcr, showing the position of same when it is connected to the car and pulling up the incline. Fig. 2 is a side view of the automatic uncoupler as it is seen when disconnected from the car.

Similar letters of reference indicate identical parts. I

In the drawings, A is an elongated link having an inclined side from I to I, and having one end fastened to the side at J, the other end protruding downward and forming the pin B,

said pin B passing through the connection 0, which is made fast to the car or dump L.

To use this uncoupler, the windingdrum is placed overhead at thctop of the incline. The car comes up and on the level at the top of incline as the car nears the winding-drum, the swivel D slides up the link A along the in clined side I I, and the pin B is drawn out of the draw-bar G and the momentum of the car carries it past and under the winding-drum F.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. A couplinglink having the inclined hack and the rounded portions, and one of whose points is secured near the end of the other and said other point projecting, so as to engage in a loop or eye.

2. A coupling-link having the inclined back and the rounded portions, and one of whose points is secured near the end of the other and said otherpointprojecting,incombination with a draft-rope, a swiveled eye, and an elevatordrnm, whereby upon operating said drum and winding up the rope the link may he automatically uncoupled.

\VILSON R. FUNK.

Witnesses: r'

L. G. ROBINSON, J OHN W. GRACE. 

